Sumi^ty Nl^f.tr 



Plate XXVII. 



NIGHTHAWK. 



Length, lO'OO inches. Male, above, black, white, and rusty ; below, black and 

 white ; throat, bands in wing, and tail white. Female, similar, but throat 

 rusty ; no tail-band. 



WHIP-POOR-WILL. 

 Length, 9'75 inches. Male, body black, rusty, and buff ; primaries spotted 

 with rusty ; tips of outer tail-feathers and breast-band white. Female, simi- 

 lar, but breast-band and end of tail rusty. 



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